the backcountry bucket list
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Happy 50th Birthday to the Wilderness Act! Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is dedicated to protecting America’s finest hunting and fishing habitats. www.backcountryhunters.orgTRANSCRIPT
Backcountry Bucket List
10 Wilderness hunting and fishing trips you must do
before you die. (c) BHA 2014www.backcountryhunters.org
Gila Wilderness
State: New MexicoArea: 558,000 acresQuarry: Famous for trophy elk, but also Coeus whitetail, wild turkey, mule deer and native trout
Photo by: NM BHA member Oscar Simpson
Eagle Cap Wilderness
State: OregonArea: 360,000 acresQuarry: Mule deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion and high lakes trout fishing.
Photo by: OR BHA member Mike Beagle
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
State: IdahoArea: 2.3 million acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, black bear, bighorn, mountain goat, wolf, mountain lion, native trout as well as chinook salmon and steelhead.
Photo: ID BHA member Scott Stouder
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
State: MontanaArea: 1.5 million acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, moose, black bear, mountain lion, wolf, native trout including westslope cutthroat and bull trout
Photo by: MT BHA member Ryan Busse
Ruby Mountains Wilderness
State: NevadaArea: 93,000Quarry: Famous for trophy mule deer
Wilderness.net
Jim Bridger Wilderness
State: Wind River Range, WyomingArea: 428,000 acresQuary: High alpine lake fishing above timber line; bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
State: MinnesotaArea: 812,000 acresQuary: Backcountry whitetail, moose, black bear along with lake fishing for pike, walleye
Photo by Mark Johnson, MN Deer Hunters Association
Key West Wilderness
State: FloridaArea: 6,197 acresQuarry: Made famous for bonefish, permit and other saltwater species, as written about by Zane Grey and Tom McGuane.
Wilderness.net
Mollie Beattie Wilderness/ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
State: AlaskaArea: 8 million acresQuarry: Caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly as well as native fish and furbearers.
Photo: ID BHA member Holly Endersby
Flat Tops Wilderness
State: ColoradoArea: 235,000 acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, black bear, moose, amid the aspen.
Wilderness.net
Happy 50th Birthday to the Wilderness Act, protecting America’s finest hunting and
fishing habitats. www.backcountryhunters.org